North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, who in a statement blamed "the sports and entertainment elite" as well as "liberal media" for the NBA removing the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, described himself as "disappointed" and the situation as "total P.C. B.S."

“I’m disappointed,” McCrory said Friday morning while speaking on WFAE’s "Charlotte Talks" radio program. “I strongly disagree with their decision. To put it bluntly, it’s total P.C. BS. It’s an insult to our city and an insult to our state.”

The NBA said it was moving the game because of House Bill 2, which nullified Charlotte’s expanded nondiscrimination ordinance that extended legal protection for gay, lesbian and transgender individuals. It also requires transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds with the gender on their birth certificate in government buildings.

The NBA decided Thursday it could not hold next season's All-Star Game in Charlotte because of "the climate created by [House Bill 2]." The controversial bill, whose detractors say is discriminatory, has been defended by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, who also signed the bill, and he didn't back down from his defense after learning about the NBA's decision.

Here is the governor's statement regarding the All-Star Game's relocation:

“The sports and entertainment elite, Attorney General Roy Cooper and the liberal media have for months misrepresented our laws and maligned the people of North Carolina simply because most people believe boys and girls should be able to use school bathrooms, locker rooms and showers without the opposite sex present. Twenty-one other states have joined North Carolina to challenge the federal overreach by the Obama administration mandating their bathroom policies in all businesses and schools instead of allowing accommodations for unique circumstances. Left-wing special interest groups have no moral authority to try and intimidate the large majority of American parents who agree in common-sense bathroom and shower privacy for our children. American families should be on notice that the selective corporate elite are imposing their political will on communities in which they do business, thus bypassing the democratic and legal process.”

The bill, which has been recognized as HB2, prevents transgender people from using bathrooms corresponding to the gender with which they identify in state schools and government facilities. The NBA doesn't feel comfortable hosting its annual festivities in the city because of the bill.

The league is hopeful to return its All-Star Game to Charlotte in 2019, "provided there is an appropriate resolution to this matter."